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Ranieri, Fernando Santos and Zidane on FIFA coach award shortlist

Leicester City's Claudio Ranieri, Portugal's Fernando Santos and Real Madrid's Zinedine Zidane are on the FIFA coach of the year award shortlist.

FIFA recently announced that the award will be based on the votes of captains and head coaches of national teams around the globe and an online public ballot with football fans and submissions from a selected group of over 200 media representatives.

OFFICIAL: #TheBest FIFA Men's Coach nominees
ufffdufffdufffdufffdClaudio Ranieri
ufffdufffdufffdufffdFernando Santos
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More info: https://t.co/WTLelVTRB2 pic.twitter.com/E6CkTRNBvV - FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) December 2, 2016

The winner was picked from a 10-man shortlist including Wales coach Chris Coleman; Barcelona's Luis Enrique; Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone; Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp; Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino; former Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola, now with Manchester City; and Didier Deschamps of France.